Loop skips first cin command while repeating?

[sierranm]

Hi! Using Visual Studio and trying to write this code but it's giving me some serious grief tonight. It was all good--save a few resolved issues--until I got to the point of repeat. When I did get there I chose yes, and then it skipped right over name, and went straight to city. Any suggestions?

	//Begin Loop
	while (nwDvr != 1)
	{

		//Input: Personal Info
		cout << "Enter the diver's name:\t";
		getline(cin, name); //allows full name
...
		switch (answer)
		{
		case 'Y': nwDvr = 0;
		case  'y': nwDvr = 0;
			break;
		case 'n': nwDvr = 1;
		case 'N': nwDvr = 1;
			break;
		default:
		cout << "Error: Enter a Y for yes, or an N for no." << endl;
			break;
		}
	}
}

[TwilightSpectre]

At the start of your while loop add a line with std::cin.sync(). This is because inputting answer with the stream extraction operator (>>) will stop once it reaches a whitespace character. This will leave a linefeed sitting in the buffer, so when it loops the std::getline function will just take that and your program will keep going.

EDIT:
The other option is to add a std::cin.ignore() after line 66, to ignore that extra newline, but it will still cause your program to break if they type more than simply 'y' or 'n' (for example, typing 'yes').

[sierranm]

Ah, you lifesaver you. Thanks again.